Terri's Testimony

I have been thinking about the testimony Terri gave last night...
What a beautiful love story between her and her Savior.
The love that God has shown her
even in the very dark times
has just made her story shine that much more brighter.
I was really touched by how she talked about the first inklings she had for God.
It was like a wakening to reality...the reality that life is so empty without Him.
It painted such a sweet picture for me.
A picture of a gentle Savior's love.
One who died for us to be brought back to Him.
He brings our heart around slowly until we see our need...and His love!
It made me think how illusioned we are.
That's right...ILLUSIONED!
We live under an illusion of self sufficiency.
We think that our power is really something.
It doesn't matter if we come from poor or rich families.
If we are well educated and mannered, or not too much so.
We still live under an illusion. The illusion takes many forms.
Yet it still always remains...an illusion.
When we get DIS-illusioned is when we begin to wake up.
The tearing down of the facade is painful sometimes.
We don't like it.
We hear a lot of stories in these rooms about just that....
The DISILLUSIONING.
It is frightening when it's happening.
But once the illusion of self is gone...
the REALITY of walking daily with the ETERNAL is left...
And that is more beautiful than any illusion we could paint.
Thanks, Terri....for the surrender...